Policing UK 2013 - Police Federation

THE ROLE OF POLICE
“The spending review, increasing availability of
huge datasets, formalised relationships with
research partners and above all the requirement
for integrity, make evidence based policing an
unavoidable destination for UK policing.”
‘why did that happen?’. Up to now,
in the majority of cases a number
of suggestions will be made and the
police will plump for what sounds best
– an intuitive and experience based
approach, rather than using evidence
to test.
Without using the evidence, a
success claimed may not actually have
happened or tactic loudly advocated
may actually have the reverse impact.
Conclusion
The crossovers between medicine
and policing are obvious. How to fix
a broken jaw following a fight, how
to extract a bullet, how to deal with
alcoholism, how to deal with mental
heath issues.
What is remarkable then is that the
medical profession took to evidence
based practice a hundred years ago and
we are only just getting started. It was
only 200 years ago that blood letting was
shown to harm patients rather than treat
them – dare we equate blood letting
with some current police practices? Let’s
reflect on that in a hundred years
The spending review, increasing
availability of huge datasets, formalised
relationships with research partners and
above all the requirement for integrity,
make evidence based policing an
unavoidable destination for UK policing.
It is for this reason that Neyroud’s
review into police leadership and
training highlights evidence based
practice as being a core challenge facing
21st century policing.
We have a good start with the new
College of Policing and the Society for
Evidence Based Policing – please feel
free to join us for this new journey.
Society of Evidence Based Policing
The society is made up of police officers, police staff,and research professionals
who aim to make evidence based methodology part of everyday policing in the
UK. The goals of the society are as follows:
Aim one: Increased use of best available research evidence to solve policing
problems.
We will:
• Raise awareness of the value of evidence based practice.
• Provide access to research tools and guidance.
• Advocate evidence based practice across all policing bodies.
• Provide a forum for police professional researchers.
Aim two: The production of new research evidence by police practitioners and
researchers.
We will:
▪• Support police practitioners to undertake research projects.
▪• Support police practitioners to access research expertise.
▪• Support researchers to access police data.
▪• Facilitate awareness of ongoing police research projects.
Aim three: Communication of research evidence to police practitioners and
the public.
We will:
• Disseminate police-based research to different audiences.
• Present the implication of research findings for policing practice.
Membership of the society is open to any member of police staff or researcher
who is committed to making a positive impact in the community through using
the best available research evidence. Applications for membership are available.
Membership is free and gives access to: reduced price conferences, reduced
subscription to the journal of experimental criminology, and the ability to network
and learn from other practitioners.
www.sebp.police.uk
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